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worn-gehát

(n.)
Grammar
worn-gehát, (? word-gehát;
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cf. word-beót, -gebeót
), es; n.

A promise of a numerous progeny

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A promise of a numerous progeny Ðé beóþ worngehát (cf. patrem multarum gentium constitui te, Gen. 17, 5) mín gelǽsted. Cd. Th. 144, 24; Gen. 2394

wóp

(n.)
Grammar
wóp, es; m.

a whoopcrya cry of griefwailinglamentationweeping

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Ne réce ðú ná weámódes wífes worda, for ðam heó wile oft mid wópe geswigian (be silent and burst into tears), Prov. Kmbl. 48. Se wæs ðurh micelne wóp áblend, Homl. Th. i. 420, 31. Similar entries See wópes hring under hring

wome

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Chart. Th. 483, 30, read wonie

-wosa

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-wosa

woede

Similar entry: wéde

woel

Similar entry: wǽl

worsm

Similar entry: worms

woruld

Similar entry: weorold

-wósa

(suffix)

Similar entry: ealo-wósa

woxo

Grammar
woxo, ( = oxan)

bovem

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bovem, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 15

-worht

(suffix)

Similar entry: hand-worht

wóþ

Grammar
wóþ, <b>. II.</b>
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add: eloquent, lofty speech Wódhae coturno, Txts. 53, 583: Wúlck. Gl. 366, 2. (Cf. coturnum, superbum, Corp. Gl. H. 36, 714. Ofermód coturnus, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 5. See also Ld. Gl. H. s. v. turnodo.) Þoot, puood (= wóþ) facundia, eloquentia, Txts. 64

wód-hen

(n.)
Grammar
wód-hen, wód-henn, e; f.

A quail

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A quail Wódhae[n] coturno, Txts. 53, 583. Wódhen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 30

ellen-wód

(n.)
Grammar
ellen-wód, e; f? [wód mad] Zeal; zēlus= ζῆλος
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Me ðínes húses heard ellenwód æt zēlus dŏmus tuæ cŏmēdit me. Ps. Th. 68, 9

Linked entry: wód

worms-gemang

(n.)
Grammar
worms-gemang, (?), es; n.

A mixture

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A mixture in which there is corrupt matter Wið ðæt man blód and worsmgemang (worsm gemang ?) hrǽce. Lchdm. i. 250, 7

wód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
wód-scipe, es; m.

Madnessfury

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Madness, fury Wódscipe furia, insania, amentia. Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 72

wór-hana

(n.)
Grammar
wór-hana, an; m.

A pheasant

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A pheasant Wórhona, uuórhana, -hona fafianus, Txts. 61, 830. Wórhana, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 71: fusiaims, i. 280, 29: fursianus (fursianus is glossed by mórhana. Hpt. Zeit. 33, 240, 27), 62, 24

Linked entry: mór-hana

wós

(n.)
Grammar
wós, es; n.

Moisturejuice

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Moisture, juice Ofetes wós ydromellum, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 43. Genim ðysse wyrte wós, Lchdm. i. 200, 15. Genim rosan wós, 214, 1. Genim leaf, wyl on wætere and wring ðæt wós (press 'he moisture out of the leaves'), 72, 8. Genim ðás wyrte, cnuca hý swá gréne

Linked entries: ge-wésan wésan

bæc

(n.)
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The word, which seems to occur only in lists of boundaries in charters (except in wíl-bec?), appears with varying gender and declension. bæc; m. In baka brycge; of baka brycge, C. D. iii. 386, 15.

wóþ-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
wóþ-cræft, es; m.

The art of poetrysong

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Ic wille wóðcræfte wordum cýþan bi ðam hwale, 360, 7 ; Wal. 2